Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Joel Gives College Advice For Programmers

Posted by timothy on from the oh-great-now-he-tells-me dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Joel on Software explains what college students should do with their lives. Interesting to note is how he justifies such trivialties as GPA scores and well-roundedness, the very things comments here tend to think are overrated. In short, learn to write English, learn to write C, and don't worry about India!"

4 of 808 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Response to Joel by KevinKnSC · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Mr. Krishnan would do well to note Joel's first piece of advice, "Learn how to write before graduating."

  2. Would it be too much to ask... by xtermin8 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    To learn to Spell? Especially before posting on the internet? There's gotta be a class for that somewhere.

  3. Re:What Joel doesn't know about Logic... by Mr.+Byaninch · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Sorry. None of that says you're a good programmer or know anything about the business. I worked with a few people good at throwing around fancy words and dropping names and obscure terms. None of them could code their way out of a paper bag.

    And I'd WAY sooner trust Joel's skills (completely unknown to me) than those of bureaucrats doling out contracts to whomever lavished the most upon them at dinner.

    --
    Sig not available, please try again later. If the problem persists, then the submitter is an idiot.
  4. Re:What Joel doesn't know about Logic... by Mr.+Byaninch · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    You still haven't shown you're any better, or even right. Lots of words, lots of college stuff, lots of fancy words, but show me the... stuff.

    Your first post, the one you're referring to, doesn't give any reasons, any proofs, any support; just arcane words about why Joel is 'wrong'. But he's wrong only if you're 'right'. You never show you're right, just that he might be wrong, or at least not perfect.

    Same claim from me: you posted a lot of meaningless crap, and you do that at your job and lots of people buy into it because you're smarter than they are. I don't fault you for that... that's what capitalism is all about. But don't come in here with your meaningless BS. OK?

    --
    Sig not available, please try again later. If the problem persists, then the submitter is an idiot.